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F7D-900 tee. 7-98.57) .. 4 \ \ fable Grape Boycott Sought ft i y Gtoent Clipping tn Speve Below} - at | Migrants Seek Aid ew te OSU a. By FRED KOCHER —— Lantern Statt Writer “The Grapes of Wrath” have become ark reality for thousands of migrant orkers in California. They have come to shio State for help. Venustiano Olguin, son of a migrant orker and representative of the United arm Workers Boycott Committee, was * the United Christian Center Thursday talk with students interested in form- iG-w'gtpe boycott group at O! tare Thousands of Mexican-Americans have ser*de—trike against Californie -ape growers for three years. But grow- y allegedly refuse to recognize the orkers’ rights to collective barbaining 1d allegedly import illegal labor to break ve strike. Olguin is traveling across the United rates appealing to people of every Witical, economic, and social persuasion » help migrant workers get their rights. die is asking housewives, grocers and -Situtions to stop buying Californias ible grapes until the strike is settled. Agricultural workers and employers are 4 covered by provisions of the National abor Relations Act (NLRA). Farm orkers have no rights under the law to ek elections for collective bargaining. Californis wine grape growers have nally negotiated numerous contracts ith organized workers. Most table grape owers have not. The only recourse left to the migrant fm workers i to spply economic essure until they have won union “cognition and collective bargaining. Migrants are excluded from unemploy- ent insurance and allegedly discrimi it in minimum wage toverage. 61 sas 41968 Thacp-problems exist among, mivast farm workers in states other than Califor- nia. Many problems of migrant farm workers reportedly exist in Ohio. Agricuk tural employers still enjoy exemption from child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Leader of California's migrant workers iB 40-year-old Cesar Chavez, an advocate of nonviolence but gighly disciplined courage. Chavez once undertook a 2 faxt FGI his follower for sacrifice and fnon-violgnce. ~~ . SOguin sid Thunday an ONC STE student boycott group could persuade the University to get rid of all grapes from cafeteria menus. A nationwide boycott would help decrease the price of grapes and force California growers to come to tlie Cargathing table. ee) no (tedicete pee, ewe of sewepeper, etty end etete.) —etsetemnet"aguer*" meingati Post & —ffesersest Ohio The Citizen Journal “Columbus, Ohio Columbus Dispatch —E€Siumbus. ohio Dayton Daily News —Dayton, Ohio Journal Herald Dayton, Ohio “Rig Le Torte tein + “hie us 1 Cless. Seettes| oamituse "Cincinnati tote nvcetiqntoe NoTRTse emery rr JAN 9 1269 —_—